Uruguayan Air Force

Uruguayan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya
Badge of the Uruguayan Air Force
Founded
  • 4 December 1953
  • (70 years, 11 months)
  • (as independent service)
Country Uruguay
TypeAir Force
RoleAerial Warfare
Size2,850 servicemen
60 aircraft
Part ofUruguayan Armed Forces
HeadquartersCap. Juan Manuel Boiso Lanza Air Base
Motto(s)
  • La aviación, vanguardia de la Patria
  • "Aviation, vanguard of the Homeland"
MarchUruguayan Air Force March
Anniversaries
  • 17 March (Air Force Day)
  • 10 August (Day of the Martyrs of Military Aviation)
EngagementsFailed Revolution of 1935
(As Aeronáutica Militar)
Revolución Libertadora
(F-51Ds Combat Air Patrols against Uruguayan airspace violations by Argentina)
Taking of Pando
(Anti guerrilla-warfare against Tupamaros)
1973 Uruguayan coup d'état
Websitewww.fau.mil.uy Edit this at Wikidata
Commanders
Supreme Commander President of Uruguay
Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Air Force General Luis H. De León
Commander of Air Command Operations Brigadier General José M. Medina
Commander of Air Command Staff Brigadier General Juan José Méndez Quintana
Chief of General Staff Brigadier General Fernando Colina
Commander of Air Logistics Command Brigadier General Gaetano Battagliese
National Director of Civil Aviation and Aviation Brigadier General Leonardo Blengini
Insignia
Flag
Roundel
Fin Flash
Aircraft flown
AttackA-37B
HelicopterAS365, Bell 212, UH-1H
PatrolC-212
ReconnaissanceC-212, U-206H
TrainerSF-260EU, PC-7U, L-13
TransportC-95, C-120ER, C-212, C-310L, KC-130H, A65, UB-55, UB-58, PA-18
TankerKC-130H

The Uruguayan Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, abbreviated FAU) is the air service branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay. Originally created as part of the National Army of Uruguay, the Air Force was established as a separate branch on December 4, 1953.[1] It is the youngest and also the smallest branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay. In 1977 it was determined that the mission of the Air Force is to conduct strategic and tactical aerospace operations on behalf of the national defense, exercising the sovereignty of the Uruguayan airspace and defending the independence, integrity, constitution and laws of the country. The Air Force must also conduct search and rescue missions and plan, propose, execute and supervise the necessary measures for the development of the aerospace potential, while providing any necessary and possible logistical support during the natural disasters that the country may suffer.[2] Since 1985 this has been always carried out under the command of the President of Uruguay, and according to the Minister of National Defense.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Ley N° 12070". www.impo.com.uy. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  2. ^ "Decreto Ley N° 14747". www.impo.com.uy. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  3. ^ Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, (2008). [1] Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Decreto Ley N° 14747". www.impo.com.uy. Retrieved 2022-06-16.